Garment bag



NOV. 17, 1931 LONDON 1,832,715

GARMENT BAG Filed Aug. 5, 1930 INVENTOR WITNESSES jk gd -Lgndom BY L -11M 18 "7/w l l ,/i ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES DAVIDLONDON, OI BALTIMORE MARYLAND GARMENT BAG Application filed August 5,1930. Serial No. 478,151.

The present invention has in view the rovision of a foldable wardrobebag whic is so constructed that the garments may be readily placed in orremoved therefrom and when the bag is closed provides a substan tiallysealed container for the garments, thus preventing the entrance of mothsand dust.

The invention contemplates a wardrobe bag with rectilinear side and endwalls, each of the walls being constructed of flexible material whichare joined together at their edges by a binding and so arranged that oneof the sides may be opened its entire width in order that one or moregarments may be readily inserted or removed therefrom andwith acontinuous interlocking fastening means arranged about the three sidesof the opening and the closure providing an effective means for sealingthe container.

Another object in view is the rovision of a wardrobe bag with a rectanguar opening on one side sothat the garments may be inserted thereinendwise and any one of the garments therein may be removed with 2 outdisturbing the rest of the garments.

With these and other objects in view the.

invention resides in the novel features of construction and arrangementof parts which will be more fully described and claimed hereinafter. Theinvention is illustrated in the' accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1is a perspective view of the garment bag in closed condition; t

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line2/2 a of Fig. 1, taken in thedirection of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view on line 3/3-of Fig. 2showing the bag open and the closure fastened to the rear face of the s;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view on line 4/4 ofFig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view on line 5/5 ofFig. 1.

In the drawings illustrating one embodiment of the invention, a clothingbag 10 is shown which may be constructed of any suitable flexiblematerial, such as cretonne or the like, and which consists of therectangular side walls-11 and 12, end walls 13 and 14, and top andbottom walls 15 and 16. Each of on a rod for suspending the bag in acloset.

these walls is preferably made of one piece of material and adjacentwalls. are secured together by a binding 18 which overlaps their meetingedges, and with a row of stitching extenlding through the binding andthe materia The end wall 13 is provided with arectangular flap orclosure 19 which is secured to the rear wall 12 of the bag along thevertical side edge 20 and is arranged to be folded around the said sideedge and to be secured to the rear wall 12 by a snap fastener 21 to holdthe said flap or closure open, thus producing a rectangular opening inthe wall 13 extending the full width of the bag and substantially thefull length of the bag. The flap or closure 19 is arranged to be closedby means of a continuous interlocking fastenin device 22 which extendscontinuously a ong the top, side and bottom free edges of the closureand along the corresponding edges of the opening in the wall 13. Thisfastening device may be of any preferred type or construction and, asshown in the drawings, is of the slide type consisting of two rows ofinterlocking elements 23 and 24 carried by strips of webbing 25 and 26respectively and with a slide27 operating to engage and disengage therows of interlocking elements. The webbing 25 carrying the row ofinterlocking elements 23 is secured to the binding along the edge 28 ofthe top wall 15 and along the vertical edge 29 of the side wall 11 andacross the wall 13 at 30. The webbing strip 26 carrying the other row ofinterlocking elements 24 is secured to the binding along the top edge31. vertical side edge 32 and bottom edge 33 of the flap or closure 19.

When in closed engagement the upper portion of the fastening device 22lies in the plane of the top wall 15 and the vertical portion lies inthe plane of the wall 11 and both of these project beyond the normalface of the wall 13.

The bag is provided with any suitable supporting frame 34 extendingabout the edges of the top wall 15 within the bag and with a supportinghook 35 projecting through a central opening in the top adapted to behung Within the bag the hook 35 terminates in two oppositely extendingmembers which connect at their ends to the sides of the frame, the saidmembers being provided with a series of U-shaped bends on which garmenthangers may be hung.

The closure 19 may be swung to open posltion and secured by the snapfasteners 21 to the wall 12, so that a full, unobstructed opening isprovided to give access to the interior of the device and a clear visionof the interior, so as to insure the proper position of the garments inan unwrinkled condition therein.

One end of the frame 34 adjacent the opening in the wall 13 is locatedin a pocket formed by the top wall 15 and a strip of material 36 securedat its ends to the binding joining the top wall 15 and the side walls 11and 12 and connected to the binding along the edge 28. This pocketprevents the hanger from projecting out through the opening in the wall13 when the closure 19 is opened.

Having described my invention, I now claim:

1. A foldable garment bag constructed of flexible material and havingside and end walls secured together at their edges to form a rectangularshaped bag in cross section, one of said side walls having an openingextending the full width of the said side and from the top edge of thebag substantially the full length of the side, a closure for saidopening secured to the bag along one vertical edge, the free edges ofsaid closure and the corresponding edges of said opening being providedwith complementary fastening devices to hold the closure in closedrelation, the said fastening devices when in closed position projectingbeyond the normal face of the said side wall, the upper portion of saidfastening devices lying in the plane of the top wall and the verticalportion of said fastening device lying in a plane at right angles to theside wall containing the said opening and a rectangular shapedsupporting structure located in the top of the bag on which the said bagis hung.

2. A foldable garment bag constructed of flexible material and havingside and end walls secured together at their edges to form a bag ofrectangular shape in cross section, one of the sides of said bag havinga rectangular shaped opening extending the full width of the said sideand substantially the full length of the bag, a closure for said openingsecured along one vertical edge of the bag, fastening means securedalong three edges of said closure and cooperating fastening meanssecured along the corresponding edges of the opening for securing theclosure in closed position, a rectangular shaped supporting structurelocated in the top of the bag on which the said bag is hung and a narrowstrip of material secured along three of its edges to the underside ofthe top wall of DAYID LONDON.

